Tennessee Code Title 68. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection § 68-24-301

(a) Every physician or other medical professional who makes a diagnosis of or treats a person who is believed to be enrolled in school in a kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) for a drug overdose, and every chief administrative officer of a hospital, clinic, or dispensary in which there is a case of drug overdose of such a person, shall report such cases to public school officials under rules of the department of health adopted to ensure that such reports are not in violation of federal or state laws requiring confidentiality in treatment of drug abusers. The reports shall contain nothing more than the type of the drug, the school in which the student was enrolled, and the name and address of the reporter. School officials shall share such reports with law enforcement agencies when the school officials deem it necessary as a means of controlling drug problems in the schools involved.

(b) “Drug,” as used in this section, means any of the substances treated as controlled substances or controlled substance analogues under the Tennessee Drug Control Act of 1989, compiled in title 39, chapter 17, part 4.

(c) Any person who fails to perform the duties imposed by this section is guilty of professional misconduct and for that failure is subject to professional discipline by the licensing agency or employment disciplinary action by the employer.